"The old administration building is empty, the laboratories are deserted and Friday night dances are no longer held in Garco Village, where Garco workers once raised their families. 
North Charleston’s General Asbestos and Rubber Co., the mill whose initials became the acronym by which the area was known, closed long ago. But the former industrial quadrant where generations of North Charleston residents both lived and worked is about to be reborn.
Plans for Garco Park call for 350,000 square feet of new construction that will include neighborhood retail, commercial offices, a grocery store, light industrial facilities and possibly a loft condominium development. The Beach Co. plans to develop the 40-acre former industrial site near Park Circle around a pedestrian streetscape similar to the recently revitalized East Montague retail corridor and also wants to restore the old brick mill building on the site.
Kent Johnson, The Beach Co.’s vice president of development, said the 72,000-square-foot building could house as many as 80 condominium units.
'The old mill building may be a residential loft condominium or it may be an antiques mall,' Johnson said. 'We don’t know yet. We just know we want to save that building.'
North Charleston’s General Asbestos and Rubber Co., the mill whose initials became the acronym by which the area was known, closed long ago. But the former industrial quadrant where generations of North Charleston residents both lived and worked is about to be reborn.
Plans for Garco Park call for 350,000 square feet of new construction that will include neighborhood retail, commercial offices, a grocery store, light industrial facilities and possibly a loft condominium development. The Beach Co. plans to develop the 40-acre former industrial site near Park Circle around a pedestrian streetscape similar to the recently revitalized East Montague retail corridor and also wants to restore the old brick mill building on the site.
Kent Johnson, The Beach Co.’s vice president of development, said the 72,000-square-foot building could house as many as 80 condominium units.
'The old mill building may be a residential loft condominium or it may be an antiques mall,' Johnson said. 'We don’t know yet. We just know we want to save that building.'
Gayle Frampton, president of the North East Park Circle Civic Club and a resident of North Charleston since 1943, said she is thrilled about the redevelopment plans, especially because a supermarket is in the mix.
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey said the Garco Park project will compliment other new mixed-use and residential projects under way in the area, including The I’On Group’s Mixson project and Oak Terrace Preserve."
For the full Charleston Regional Business Journal article: http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/pub/14_8/news/11808-1.html
For Troy's website dedicated to the area: http://parkcircleonline.com/
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